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Shocker: Average credit card interest climbs to 21%

Reuters/Jim Bourg As credit card companies try and spur consumer spending in the United States with introductory perks and cash rewards, they have raised interest rates on other customers to a ...

Apr 21

Puerto Rico considers legalizing marijuana and prostitution to jumpstart economy

After suffering eight years of recession, Puerto Rico is contemplating more than a hundred different proposals intended to jumpstart its sagging economy - including legal prostitution and marijuana

Apr 21

Mayor Jones Announces New Office of Community Wealth Building

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - City of Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones announced some major changes Tuesday: a brand new office in city government that will hopefully help people get out of poverty. Thad ...

Apr 21

LAPD Officers Removed Antennas from Police Cars in Black Areas to Disable

Los Angeles police officers removed antennas from police cars in several predominantly Black neighborhoods to disable the recording equipment and avoid being monitored while on duty, according to an

Apr 21

Low-Wage Workers Have Far More Education than They Did in 1968, Yet They Make

The minimum wage is 23 percent less than its peak inflation-adjusted value in 1968. This is despite productivity (how much output can be produced in an average hour of work in the economy) more than

Apr 21

TRNN Original Report: Manning Determined to Fight Back After Army Upholds 35-

Attorneys for Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning begin working on the appeals process after the military finds her guilty under the Espionage Act, a statute the Obama administration has invoked more ...

Apr 21

The US Prison System Needs a Total Overhaul

I'm not talking about a little tweak here and there. I'm talking about throwing a massive metaphorical hand grenade into the entire system and starting over from scratch. We should be ashamed of ...

Apr 21

If You Support Legal Marijuana, Memorize These 13 Stats

Regardless of your feelings about legalizing marijuana, it's hard to deny that legal weed would be a bonanza for cash-strapped states, just as tobacco and alcohol already are. With Colorado and ...

Apr 21

Bill Maher shredded by Glenn Greenwald on US intervention in Muslim countries

Apr 21

Never Mind Cliven Bundy: Here's the Real David vs. Goliath Story Between

The decades-long standoff between Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and federal officials trying to push his cows off public, protected land came to a head last week when Bundy's armed supporters ...